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Missile Defense
June 2019
PARIS AIR SHOW NEWS: Work Underway to Repurpose Sea-Based Missile Defense System
By Jon HarperThe Standard Missile-6 could once again be repurposed for new applications, an industry executive said June 19. -
Space
April 2019
SPECIAL REPORT: The Pentagon Could Put Directed Energy Weapons in Space
By Jon HarperWhile much attention has been focused on renewed U.S. interest in potentially deploying space-based interceptors, another concept that emerged from President Ronald Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative in the 1980s is also being reexamined: putting lasers or neutral particle beams in space to shoot down enemy missiles. -
Space
April 2019
SPECIAL REPORT: Would Space-Based Interceptors Spark a New Arms Race?
By Jon HarperThe United States currently faces no legal obstacles to deploying conventional space-based interceptors, also known as SBIs. The Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty banned it, but President George W. Bush withdrew from the agreement in 2002. -
Space
April 2019
SPECIAL REPORT: The Legacy of the Strategic Defense Initiative
By Jon HarperIn a nationally televised address to the nation, President Ronald Reagan in 1983 kicked off efforts that would lead to serious work on space-based interceptor technologies. -
Space
April 2019
SPECIAL REPORT: Pentagon Reexamining Space-Based Interceptors
By Jon HarperTwenty-five years after the demise of President Ronald Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative, the Pentagon is once again taking a close look at the possibility of basing missile interceptors in space. Such a project would be technologically feasible, but would strain military budgets and potentially ignite an arms race, analysts say. -
Budget
March 2019
Nuclear Command, Control, Comms Under Scrutiny
By Jon HarperThe Pentagon is taking a closer look at its nuclear command, control and communications needs as it fleshes out what technologies it plans to buy. -
Army News
February 2019
BREAKING: Army Realigns Over $30 Billion in Spending Plan
By Connie LeeThe Army realigned “just north” of $30 billion in its five-year spending plan to fund its top modernization priorities, a number that adds up to about $6 billion over its original goal, the service’s under secretary said Feb. 26. -
Missile Defense
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Missile Defense
January 2019
JUST IN: State Dept. Official Sees No Progress in Missile Treaty Talks
By Connie LeeRecent discussions indicate that Russia is still unwilling to give in to the Trump administration's demands to comply with the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, potentially opening the door to U.S. development of new offensive missiles, according to a top State Department official.